Dear All
Yesterday I wrote that Lord Robertson had
over egged his pudding when he spoke on defence matters relating to an
independent Scotland.
He had some points worth exploring, but his
use of dramatic language was over the top.
“Cataclysmic”, he cried, well, it is language
more fitting to a movie poster about the end of the world than the moving of
the nuclear sub base at Faslane to somewhere in England or Wales.
Now, his speech has been denounced by
pro-UK politicians as unhelpful in the new phase of the Coalition putting a positive case for
Scotland to staying in the Union.
Lord Robertson has been out of domestic politics
for some time to although he was playing to the crowd at the Brookings
Institute think tank in Washington DC, should have tempted his speech because
it impacted on the domestic market.
We live in a digital age.
In his speech in the US, he said:
Scots should "properly and soberly
examine the impact of their decision."
His next bit was a tad OTT; a Yes vote threatens
the stability of the world?
No, a Yes vote doesn’t do that, it
threatens the stability of Scotland, you see the white paper or ‘white
manifesto’ as it has been dubbed makes many promises, and a lot of them are
bogus.
The Scottish independence campaign is one
entire massive fraud generate by Alex Salmond and unpopular Nicola Sturgeon.
Also in Robertson’s speech at the Brookings
Institute think tank he added:
"The loudest cheers for the break-up
of Britain would be from our adversaries and from our enemies”.
That would be the various internal groups
such as Sein Fein lite who hate the British establishment and seek to undermine
it. The Russians although making bad choices in the Crimea, don’t flag up too
much on the radar.
In a reflection, of how long he has been
out of politics he said rather amusingly:
"Nobody should underestimate the
effect all of that would have on existing global balances, and the forces of
darkness would simply love it."
Forces of darkness!
I think he must mean the domestic ‘gits’
who surround Salmond and Sturgeon, they aren’t leaders, they are just the led.
Since Robertson’s speech, a Labour MP
described the remarks as "over the top".
Batting for the Nationalists, Scoland’s
unpopular Deputy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon expressed ‘shock’ at Lord
Robertson's "insulting and offensive" comments.
What as much ‘shock’ as she had for her close
personal friend Bill Walker smashing women’s faces in over 30 years, that type
of shock?
Or the ‘shock’ of SNP vote rigging done by
people connected to her and Alex Salmond?
Just how much ‘shock’ can George Robertson
generate in this debate?
60 watt bulb shock!
Blair Jenkins, leader of Yes Scotland, said
on independence that no-one had presented the prospect of a Yes vote in such
"apocalyptic and menacing terms".
He said:
"George needs to calm down and tone
down the rhetoric if he wishes to make a meaningful contribution to what is a
generally measured and even-tempered debate on the right democratic choice for
the people of Scotland."
Meanwhile, enjoying his retirement party,
one of a series of freebies before his political death at the ballot box, Alex
Salmond said an independent Scotland would be a "constructive"
partner in Nato.
You can take that with a pinch of salt that
is bollocks!
Salmond said:
"We won't have nuclear weapons; nobody
seriously believes that a nation of five million people should be a
nuclear-armed power. We will co-operate fully and constructively with our
neighbours and partners, like the 25 Nato members, out of 28 which are not
nuclear powers."
No one is asking Scotland to have nuclear
weapons as Salmond well knows; the SNP position is to get rid of the Trident
nuclear sub base in Faslane. Salmond is trying to shift the argument because he
can’t win it on leaving Scotland defenceless.
In a more moderate tone, Alistair Darling,
leader of the Better Together campaign said Scotland could have the best of
both worlds: enjoying its own identity, culture and heritage while being part
of a strong United Kingdom.
He added:
"Being part of the UK doesn't mean we
need to give up what is best about Scotland.
We can be fiercely proud of all that
Scotland has achieved, without giving up the security that comes from being
part of something bigger. I know from my own time as Chancellor that being part
of something bigger means greater economic security for Scotland."
He added: "The ability to pool and
share our resources, rather than the burden falling on Scottish shoulders
alone, is a clear positive benefit of being part of the UK."
Darling is a steady pair of hands.
You have to laugh somewhat at how Scotland’s
unpopular Nicola Sturgeon keeps diving for scraps because someone who is a
fringe player does some throwaway comments. In some respects she is like a dog
chasing a unionist stick! They wave it in front of her face and when they throw
it, she goes bounding after it. Picks it up and then comes trotting back with
it and a big smile on her face, with an expression of look how well I have
done!
Scotland’s unpopular Nicola Sturgeon can
react to someone’s over blown nonsense, wow; that will really win over voters…..
not!
Reacting
to events again Nicola, not making them I see, can you do ‘gie’s a paw’, ‘sit
up’ and ‘roll over’?
The only shock in the defence debate re
independence, is that the SNP have no viable plan, that doesn’t promote ‘shock’
in Nicola Sturgeon, but a few ill placed words have her hopping about like mad.
Looking sad, clumsy and desperate!
George Laird right again, on Robertson's outburst and on Ms. Sturgeon, the shop soiled great white hope of Nationalism!
Yours sincerely
George Laird
The Campaign for Human Rights at Glasgow
University
1 comment:
Dear Everyone, Please do not by swayed by the pro-independence-ites obvious hatred of the English! ( It is no basis for splitting up the U.K.) Why cut ourselves off from some sort of financial stability..to charge off waving the Saltire into dangerous unchartered waters...I know a great number of Scots are suffering from a desperate anxiety..should the majority be swayed by the S.N.P....even to planning to MOVE TO ENGLAND !! if independence is a certainty...THIS CAN,T BE RIGHT...please..just leave things AS THEY ARE..."King" Alex..and "Queen" Nicola...are NOT WHAT SCOTLAND NEEDS..we need STABILITY...and support from our friends in the U.K.... as a WHOLE..
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